BOLIVIA—From her new office in her new hospital, Denise Mihal reflected on the past five years since Novant Health took over Brunswick Community Hospital.

Before being named president and CEO of Brunswick Community Hospital in March 2006, Mihal served as president of Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville, a Novant-owned hospital Mihal opened.

Since 2006 when Novant took over the hospital operations in Brunswick County, it’s been a whirlwind of activity, and when Mihal sat down with the Beacon, she was a mere 19 days from opening her second hospital.

Note: The General Assembly released new redistricting maps Tuesday evening after the Beacon went to press. The following story contains corrected information.

Every 10 years, after a U.S. Census takes place, members of the North Carolina General Assembly are charged with re-drawing the lines of state house and senate districts as well as U.S. House districts.

This year, the legislature led redistricting committees helmed by Rep. David Lewis, R-Harnett, and Sen. Bob Rucho, R-Mecklenburg.

Charter Day School, Inc., the nonprofit charter school in northern Brunswick County, has sued the Brunswick County Board of Education, claiming the board has withheld state-required student funding to charter school students.

The lawsuit, filed in Brunswick County Superior Court on June 30, names both Charter Day School, Inc., which is run by the Roger Bacon management company, and more commonly referred to as Roger Bacon Academy in Leland, as well as Columbus Charter School in Whiteville as plaintiffs.

Ash mom Amy Smith has agreed to regular visitation with her two sons, which includes having them return for regular visits with her in the United States.

“Court did not go as planned,” Smith wrote on her Facebook page following her hearing Friday afternoon in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

“I was backed into a wall and had to sign visitation papers and abandon the Hague Hearing,” Smith wrote, referring to an international child-abduction treaty she had hoped would help her regain custody of 8-year-old Brody and 6-year-old Nathan.

John Butler, a retiree from Calabash, strolled into the Minuteman Food Mart on Beach Drive in Sunset Beach this past Monday, the Fourth of July, expecting to claim a $2 Cash 5 prize.

He was surprised when the clerk announced he had matched all five numbers in the previous night’s drawing, winning $138,513.

Butler had one of two tickets that matched all five numbers in the July 3 drawing, earning half of the $277,026 jackpot. Butler said the clerk started jumping up and down, and other customers in the store cheered for his win.